Alstroemeria compact cultivars Family: Alstroemeriaceae | Origin: Southern America :As a prologue, a word about cultural colonialism in plants as in many other fields, most

Arbutus andrachne (Eastern Strawberry Tree) Family: Ericaceae | Origin: Mediterranean Basin We have already written in the past that Tu B'Shevat is not the perfect

Salvia dominica – Dominica Sage Family: Lamiacea | Origin: Eastern Mediterranean Most wild sages in Israel are herbaceous perennials that grow low leaf rosettes in

Salvia indica – Blue Sage Family: Lamiacea | Origin: Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia When we say sage in a nursery, we usually mean Salvia

Salvia sclarea – Clary Sage Family: Lamiacea | Origin: Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia This sage is quite rare in Israel, but in recent years

Salvia judaica – Judean Sage Family: Lamiacea | Origin: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria This sage is widespread in the Israeli mountains and lowlands and

Dieffenbachia cultivars Family: Araceae | Origin: Tropical regions in America If Josef Dieffenbach, the chief gardener of the botanical garden in Vienna in the 1830s,

Retama raetam (White Weeping Broom) Family: Campanulaceae | Origin: Southern Europe In the article about Spartium junceum we mentioned shrubs from the legume family known

Alstroemeria psittacina 'Variegata' – Variegated Peruvian Lily Family: Alstroemeriaceae | Origin: Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay This plant has colorful and special tubular flowers, but it

Dianthus 'Georgia Peach Pie', Carnation Family: Caryophyllaceae | Origin: Horticultural hybrid We are crazy about special and little known plants, especially those that diversify our